Nursing
Patient Engagement Survey: Health Care Has a Lot to Learn from Consumer-Friendly Industries
21 Jan, 2019 | 10:15h | UTC
Study: Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation for Heart Failure has High Rates of Participation
20 Jan, 2019 | 13:28h | UTCHome-based cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure has high rates of participation – NIHR Signal (free)
Performance Improvement: Performing an Inadvertent Procedure
19 Jan, 2019 | 18:27h | UTCPerforming an Inadvertent Procedure – JAMA (free for a limited period)
How to Get Started in Quality Improvement
18 Jan, 2019 | 00:59h | UTCHow to get started in quality improvement – The BMJ (free)
Guidelines for the Use of Bowel Preparation in Elective Colon and Rectal Surgery
16 Jan, 2019 | 18:19h | UTC
Program Reduces Objective and Subjective Metrics of Nighttime Hospital Sleep Disruptors
13 Jan, 2019 | 23:16h | UTCCommentary: Hospital SIESTA project reduces inpatient sleep interruptions – University of Chicago Medical Center (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Have you ever tried to get a restful night of #sleep in the hospital? It's pretty hard. This is something our team has worked hard to try to improve at @uchicagomed. Our lates paper out in @JHospMedicine today & with key findings in THREAD below https://t.co/IosBRrQtXW 1/x pic.twitter.com/IxnErcdCg8
— Vinny Arora MD MAPP (@FutureDocs) January 8, 2019
Effects of A Communication-And-Resolution Program on Hospitals’ Malpractice Claims and Costs
10 Jan, 2019 | 21:31h | UTCEffects of A Communication-And-Resolution Program on Hospitals’ Malpractice Claims and Costs – Health Affairs (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study finds hospital communication-and-resolution programs do not expand liability risk – Brigham and Women’s Hospital (free) AND Effects of a communication-and-resolution program on hospitals’ malpractice claims and costs – PSNet (free) AND It’s a win-win: Hospitals should apologize for mistakes – Stanford Law School (free)
Update: Patient Engagement in Safety
10 Jan, 2019 | 21:28h | UTCPatient Engagement in Safety – Patient Safety Network (free)
Randomized Trial: Home Modifications to Reduce Disability in Older Adults with Functional Disability
10 Jan, 2019 | 00:13h | UTCEffect of a Biobehavioral Environmental Approach on Disability Among Low-Income Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Home Modifications to Reduce Disability in Older Adults With Functional Disability – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Novel RCT shows that practical home based intervention that modifies environment in order to help older persons adapt to disability significantly improves independence and well being #geriatrics #hpm @JamaInternalMed https://t.co/Y802BEZC5i
— Ken Covinsky (@geri_doc) January 7, 2019
Position Statement: Evidence‐based Nurse Staffing
4 Jan, 2019 | 18:22h | UTCEvidence‐based Nurse Staffing: ICN’s New Position Statement – International Nursing Review (free)
Review: Nursing Interventions in the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery®
3 Jan, 2019 | 11:40h | UTC
Review: Complications of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in Critically Ill Patients
3 Jan, 2019 | 11:20h | UTC
Review: Interventions for Self-management of Type 2 Diabetes
3 Jan, 2019 | 11:19h | UTC
Guideline: Infection Prevention in the Operating Room Anesthesia Work Area
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:49h | UTCCommentary: New guidance focuses on reducing infections in anesthesiology – Healio (free registration required)
Report: Medication Administration Errors and Mortality
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:48h | UTCCommentary: New study sheds light on medication administration errors leading to death — omission is a common cause – University of Eastern Finland (free)
Study: Patient Safety After Implementation of a Coproduced Family Centered Communication Programme
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:42h | UTCCommentaries: Ensure that the family’s voice is heard first and last, and in their own words – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Improving patient safety? Ask the patient – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND A new way to curb harmful medical errors: talk more to patients and families – STAT (free)
Systematic Review: Effectiveness of Community-Based Self-Management Interventions Among Primary Care COPD Patients
13 Dec, 2018 | 18:36h | UTC
Study: Low Nurse Staffing Linked to Increased Risk of Inpatient Death
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:03h | UTCCommentaries: Lack of nurses linked to increased risk of patient death – OnMedica (free) AND Low Nurse Staffing Increases Risk for Inpatient Death – Medscape (free registration required)
Perspective: Why Hospitals Should Let You Sleep
4 Dec, 2018 | 00:02h | UTCWhy Hospitals Should Let You Sleep – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“Frequent disruptions are more than just annoying for patients. They can also cause harm.”
Review: Mobility Programs for the Hospitalized Older Adult
2 Dec, 2018 | 21:17h | UTC
Perspective: Nurses Will Help Turn the Promise of Universal Health Care into a Reality
30 Nov, 2018 | 01:17h | UTCNurses will help turn the promise of universal health care into a reality – STAT (free)
Cohort Study: Rotating Night Shift Work, Unhealthy Lifestyle and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
23 Nov, 2018 | 00:22h | UTCCommentaries: Night shifts worsen diabetes risk for unhealthy women – OnMedica (free) AND Night shifts and unhealthy lifestyle linked to particularly high risk of type 2 diabetes – MedicalXpress (free) AND Unhealthy nurses working irregular night shifts at high diabetes risk – Nursing Times (free)
Cohort Study: Diabetes Outcomes in Patients Managed by Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, or Physician Assistants
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:56h | UTCIntermediate Diabetes Outcomes in Patients Managed by Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, or Physician Assistants: A Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Diabetes outcomes similar when primary care provided by NPs, PAs, or physicians, study finds – ACP Internist Weekly (free) AND Diabetics Cared for by NPs, PAs Do as Well as Those in Physicians’ Care – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Study: Intravenous Catheter-Related Adverse Events Exceed Drug-Related Adverse Events in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:35h | UTC
Study: Association of Nurse Workload With Missed Nursing Care in the Neonatal ICU
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:21h | UTCAssociation of Nurse Workload With Missed Nursing Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: How nurses rate daily job difficulty plays key role in patient care – Ohio State University (free)